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Tex. Fam. Code § 160.607

TIME LIMITATION: CHILD HAVING PRESUMED FATHER

Known as the Uniform Parentage Act

The act spans §§ 160–160 (97 sections).

Applied in 20 court decisions — leading case In Re Rodriguez (2008)

Most recently applied in in Re Judith Shoemaker Gibson (October 2017)

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff

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(a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b), a proceeding brought by a presumed father, the mother, or another individual to adjudicate the parentage of a child having a presumed father shall be commenced not later than the fourth anniversary of the date of the birth of the child.

(b) A proceeding seeking to adjudicate the parentage of a child having a presumed father may be maintained at any time if the court determines that:

(1) the presumed father and the mother of the child did not live together or engage in sexual intercourse with each other during the probable time of conception; or

(2) the presumed father was precluded from commencing a proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of the child before the expiration of the time prescribed by Subsection (a) because of the mistaken belief that he was the child's biological father based on misrepresentations that led him to that conclusion.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.